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Blue Horizon Launches Clean-IT electrical contact-enhancing fluid (18/8/2009)

Advanced contact-enhancing solution cleans, conditions, lubricates and preserves audio connections to improve sonic performance

Blue Horizon, a new company specialising in professional-grade audio accessories, has developed an electrical contact-enhancing fluid called Clean-IT, specially formulated for use with audio and AV equipment.

In high-performance audio systems, it is vital to maintain the integrity of the signal by making the best-possible connection between components. By simply removing oxidation and contaminants from cable connectors, sonic performance is significantly improved. Clean-IT features a fast acting deoxidising solution that cleans, conditions, lubricates and preserves, improving the conductivity of all metal connectors and contacts.

Clean-IT is recommended for use on all surfaces that are susceptible to oxidation or corrosion. Even brand-new hi-fi and home cinema components benefit from their contacts being cleaned, as the connectors are often machined using silicon oil, which is left to dry on after the manufacturing process – this has a degrading effect on conductivity.

Clean-IT outperforms ordinary contact cleaners due to its unique formulation, which has been specially developed for audio use. By applying the solution, end-users can boost the performance and reliability of all audio and AV equipment, improving conductivity and thereby reducing noise, interference and distortion, leading to greater definition and improved dynamics. Clean-IT is suitable for use on all metals that are used to make electrical connections, including gold, silver, rhodium, copper and nickel.

How to Use Blue Horizon Clean-IT

Using the applicator brush, apply Clean-IT onto every metal contact surface that is used to make an electrical connection between a cable and an audio component – that includes RCA phono connectors, speaker cable pins, spades and binding posts, headphone jacks and so on. Once applied, rub clean with the supplied micro-fibre cloth.

This may sound like overkill, but it is important to remember that all electrical connections are inherently imperfect; the connectors are machined apart and therefore will never match exactly, a situation exacerbated by contaminants resulting from the manufacturing process. Using Clean-IT ensures that the junction between the two contact surfaces presents no barrier to electron flow and signal integrity, thereby delivering a clean and consistent path for audio signals, which in turn enhances your system’s sonic performance.

Key Features Blue Horizon Clean-IT

• Cleans all contaminants between an audio system’s sockets and connectors.
• Suitable for use on all metal surfaces.
• Stabilizes similar and dissimilar metals to guarantee the best possible contact and
signal transfer.
• One 10ml bottle sufficient for more than 100 applications.
• Applicator brush and micro-fibre cleaning cloth supplied.

Blue Horizon Clean-IT is available now, priced at £17.95 per bottle.

www.bluehorizonideas.com